UT-Southwestern Medical Center: Bioengineering the Body to Make Its Own Medicine
March 14, 2024
March 14, 2024
DALLAS, Texas, March 14 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release:
Delivering genetic material tagged with a cellular "ZIP code" prompted cells to secrete proteins or drugs into the bloodstream that successfully treated psoriasis and cancer in mouse models, UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists report in a new study. The findings, published in PNAS, could eventually lead to new therapies in which patients' bodies . . .
Delivering genetic material tagged with a cellular "ZIP code" prompted cells to secrete proteins or drugs into the bloodstream that successfully treated psoriasis and cancer in mouse models, UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists report in a new study. The findings, published in PNAS, could eventually lead to new therapies in which patients' bodies . . .